The secret to CEO Gaming’s success

Do you want to know Alex Jebailey’s secret to success with the Community Effort Orlando gaming tournament?

In the Nov. 2 issue of Orlando Business Journal, we had a Young Guns profile on Jebailey, who’s grown the CEO Gaming Tournaments to 1,600 attendees and 30,000 online viewers in 2012. If you’re keeping track at home, that generated 550 room nights for Wyndham Orlando Resort, where it was held.

The tournament, which pits fighters from across the globe in video game bouts, is expected to have 2,000 to 2,500 attendees next year.

So how’d it grow so big so fast? The answer, in part, is social presence. Jebailey’s @CEOJebailey has nearly 5,000 followers. And his Facebook account has more than 3,000 friends.

“I do have a following,” Jebailey said. “It’s not the end of the word to be popular on Twitter, but it freaking helps.”